21 Jun TWT DITA Certification Course
Learning DITA using Oxygen XML
oXygen XML Editor is a powerful and robust tool for authoring, editing, and publishing XML documents, including XHTML, TEI, and DocBook.
This workshop will introduce participants to the various features in oXygen, including built-in validation and customized project files, and demonstrate some of the most useful customizable features available in the editor, including custom code templates, author mode stylesheets, and built-in transformation scenarios.
Learning Objectives
In the end, participants should come away from the workshop with a better understanding of the various features in oXygen that can streamline their XML editing workflow.
Who can join?
- Technical writers who want to learn from basics
- Experienced Technical writers who want to learn as per current trends
- Managers who need DITA implementation in documentation projects
- All who want to gain practical knowledge about DITA implementation in a company implementation
Course Components
Highlights
- Information Architecture in DITA
- DITA Map and submaps
- Relationship Tables
- Publishing Output
- DITA Topic Elements
- Working with topics
- Reusing Content
- Profiling
- Filtering
- Reviewing
- Cross-references
- Metadata
- Index Entries
- Transformation
- Scenarios
About the Course
Points to Remember
- Instructor-led Sessions
- 4 weekends, 16 hours for 8 online sessions
- Dates: Sept 16-Oct 8, 2023
- Recordings of all 8 sessions are to be provided
for a limited period, TWT Annual members can access for a longer duration) - TWT DITA Toolkit as learning material for practice to be provided
- Successful Completion certificate to be earned (After earning 70% marks in the exam)
Requirements for the course!
- Desktop or Laptop (not mobile) with an Internet connection
- Good command of written English
- Attention to following instructions during the sessions
- Self-motivation to spend ample time on learning
- Basic familiarity with Technical Writing
Schedule
Course Fee
- Participants in India
- Individual Fee: INR 13,000 (GST extra)
- Group of 3 or more: INR 12,800 each (GST extra)
- Participants outside India
Individual Fee: USD 250 - Discount applicable ONLY on full Individual fee
– TWT Volunteers: 5%
– TWT Annual Members: Zulu (25%), Pygmies (15%), Masai (10%)
Course Curriculum
Module 1: Orientation
- Introduction to DITA
- Why DITA? Advantages, benefits of using DITA
- DITA OT and tools
- Installing DITA OT
- DITA – pdf plugin & customization
- DITA topics: information typing
- DITA elements and adaptive content
- DITA maps/submaps for context, organization, navigation, and reuse
- Syntax and Markup
- Language considerations
- Graphics and Figures
Module 2: Essential DITA work in oXygen XML Author
- Using the workspace and navigating
- Creating and managing topics
- Editing elements in topics
- Working with lists and tables, including headers, column settings, and cell merging
Module 3: Essential DITA work
- Working with images, including alt text and figures
- Editing attributes, including multiple attribute values
- Editing and managing maps and submaps, including managing content from the Map Manager
- Working with cross-references and relationship tables
Module 4: DITA editing in oXygen XML Author – Part 1
- Reusing content
- Working with metadata and index entries, including topic and map metadata, and the relationship between DITA and metadata standards
- Conditional profiling and filtering
- Working with projects and folder structures
Module 5: DITA editing in oXygen XML Author – Part II
- Generating output using transformation scenarios
- Reviewing and correcting content
- Searching and replacing
- Validating and troubleshooting
Module 6: Workshop
- Working on a project implementing the learning
- Creating topics
- Mapping
- Publishing
Frequently Asked Questions
DITA = Darwin Information Typing Architecture
DITA is a documentation framework or process where topic-based authoring is used.
XML-based tools are used to implement DITA framework in authoring and publishing technical documentation. Oxygen XML is an example of such a tool. Such an authoring is called as DITA-XML authoring.
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